Applause Volume 16, Number 2 School of the Arts, North Charleston, SC November 2014
A Celebration of Creative Writing: Ellen Hopkins, Ryan Graudin, and Beth Webb Hart
In this issue: Interview with SOA graduate and novelist Ryan Graudin Crank author Ellen Hopkins speaks at SOA Where Were They Then: Beth Webb Hart P.E. teacher Mr. Johnson wins Greenville Marathon Page 2 Editorial Page November 2014
Editors’ Letter Dear Readers, Applause In this issue we take a close look at Creative Writing, from the writers’ mountain retreat in North Carolina to an interview with novelist and writing teacher Ms. Beth Webb Hart. Applause also the offcial student publication of speaks to writers Ellen Hopkins and Ryan Graudin, an SOA graduate who is now one of our Creative Writing mentors. Charleston County School of We take a look at Spirit Week and also Jump Jive and Wail, one of the most popular events of the Arts the school year. In addition, we talk to PE Teacher Mr. Johnson, winner of the Greenville Marathon. December marks the 15th anniversary of Applause, and we are currently working on our Founded in 1995 by Rose Maree Myers commemorative issue. We look forward to looking back over the past issues and catching up with Editors-in-Chief: our previous editors. Be sure to go to soa-applause.com to view our entire 15 year archive: more than Suzanne Jackson Graphics Editor: 120 issues. Taylor Dahl Nick Scapellato Thank you for all of the continued support. Have a great Thanksgiving Break! Graham Crolley Webmasters: Love, Business Managers: Aly Wintz Taylor, Suzanne, and Graham Jakob Lazzaro Jay Rode Savanna Osborne Sarah McCord Staff Writers: Feature Editor: Nikita Narodnitskiy Dmitri Grigorieff Tommy Nauman News Editor: Noah Jordan Cherry Hu John Cusatis, Ph.D., Advisor Charleston County School of the Arts 5109 West Enterprise St. North Charleston, SC 29405 Cover Art: Sasha Grigorieff Many thanks to Dalton Edens for last month’s cover!
Noah Jordan Editorial: Oooh, Barracuda!
Thanks to the latest inconvenient and counterintuitive internet block, we are now banned from accessing the following websites: YouTube, Facebook, Google Images, and many, many more that I don’t have the energy to type. Some lucky students can’t even get on to their email! Students enrolled in the SC Virtual School program are unable watch assigned videos during class time. Instead, they are told they must watch these lengthy videos at home using their free time. “Free time” in this case indicates the time they have set aside for homework or studying for their six other classes. Can anything be done about this unfortunate ban on all things productive? What’s so threatening about Facebook? Five of my seven classes have Facebook pages on which students may ask questions and post our notes. We here with Applause post our schedule, assignments, due dates, and events within our private Facebook group. The fact that we are now unable to access this at school poses as a setback, as does the inability to locate images for use with articles. Just as teachers can now allow their students to utilize cell phones during class, the same considerations should be made for the internet. School of the Arts is a school and therefore information should be readily available at all times, whether it’s a handout posted in a Facebook group or a Google Image of a horseshoe crab. If the past is any indication, then it won’t be long until someone fnds a way to get around it. November 2014 Openers Page 3 SAPPHIRE PEARL James and Jennifer Moriarty Luke Ablonczy The Wise Family Ted Anastopoulo McKenna Andrews AMETHYST Maria Carrillo Ms. Rhoda Ascanio Mr. Mark Lazzaro Kelsey Costa Mr. Alan Brehm Sarah Courville Dr. Angela Saito Houdini Dr. Mark Teseniar Yulma DiPaolo The Schaible Family Carly Edwards Ms. Kimberly Zerbst Frank Fabor TURQUOISE TOPAZ Ms. Christine Bednarczyk Jacob Fairchild The Doran Family Ms. Tracey Castle Abbey Kirkland Ms. Anne M. Cimballa John and Joan Hogan River Kopsak Jane and Kerry Lassiter Dr. John Cusatis Debbie Dekle Emily Lanter The McCord Family Ms. Sylvia Edwards Katy LeBarron Mr. Rutledge Hammes GARNET Abby LeRoy Ms. Sue Bennett Ms. Tiffany Clementi Hammes Ms. Debra Benson Ms. Beth Webb Hart Olivia Levins Angie and Grant Carwile Mr. Brett Johnsen Mr. Karl Clark Ms. Robin Greig Mr. Kirk Lindgren Ms. Bethany Crawford Ms. Rosemarie Miles Emma MacMillan Ms. Susanne Drennan Mr. Vincent Pezzeca Ms. Ann Marie Fairchild Mr. Sean Scapellato Callie McLean Ms. Sarah Fitzgerald Ginger and Heather Snook Destiny Meadows Jim and Rhonda Hunter Ms. Penny Zhang Sterling Moore Ms. Beth Lasley PERIDOT Ms. Rosamond Lawson Mr. Michael Morelli Mr. and Mrs. H. Chapman McKay The Collins Family Mr. Heath Orvin The Crosby Family Ms. Courtney Moschella Ron and Valerie Paquette Mr. Basil Kerr Jonah, Keara, & Caelan Paquette Ms. Stacey LeBrun Leigh Nelson Christian Leprettre Ms. Nan Rickson Meredith Riggs Ms. Christine Rogers Olivia Lopez Mr. Kevin Short Claudia Ludden Elle Root Ms. Shannon Pennetti Mr. Bill Smyth Vasantha Sambamurti The Varnado Family Ms. Mandy Wade John White Christina Simpson Thank you Applause patrons for your generosity! Denver Smith If you would like to be added to our growing list of patrons, please e-mail [email protected]. Page 4 News November 2014 College is also a time of independence, fnding SOA hosts another oneself, and discovering a passion. For students successful College Fair planning to attend a faraway location, parting with family for most of the year adds another key factor to by Cherry Hu the list. Mrs. Hoffman, the mother of SOA junior The College Alumni Fair on November Ava Hoffman, agrees that she wants to know “how 3rd served as a great reminder to students about far you’re going to go away for college,” something college and all its intricacies. Alumni and admissions many parents can relate to. As children fnally reach representatives came from more than 65 colleges adulthood, parents must pat themselves on the back for across the nation, giving out loads of information and all the work they’ve accomplished. College is the time to some frst-hand experience internet statistics rarely sit back and let the youngsters explore their newfound Creativity of YALLfest show. independence and responsibility. Speaking from what she has seen of previous Florida State University alumni Tricia inspires Charleston’s college fairs, Guilford College alumni Becca Daughtry also has a child and explains the intent of Nicholson says, “I think it’s the college fair: “I wish I could go YA fans hard. There are so many choices. “College is the time to sit back around and talk to all these people That’s why it’s good to have people and let the youngsters explore myself because I have a son going by Suzanne Jackson to college next year. I think it’s answer questions, talk about their newfound independence and personal experiences.” Nicholson very important because you want Charleston’s annual Young Adult graduated from School of the Arts responsibility.” it to be a perfect match for your literature festival, YALLFest, took place Friday, in ’07. child and without going to the Nov. 7, through Tuesday, Nov. 11. The festival Personal experience on any subject matter school it’s hard to tell. What major, the school size, the brought sixty well-known authors of the YA only shows one point of view, and doesn’t always apply type of other students that will be there, and how much it costs.” genre to Charleston, including Ann Brashares to everyone. It may be a great and accurate account, but picking the perfect college is a holistic process that Despite everything that must be considered, (Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants), Gayle requires more than one such factor. College is also a time to have fun, and enjoy learning. Forman (If I Stay), Veronica Roth (the In a sense, all the aspects of college must be Just don’t be burdened by too many credit cards. Divergent series), Margaret Stohl (the accounted for since it virtually defnes the future. A Beautiful Creatures series), and SOA graduate place with every detail checked off on a list of the ideal Ryan Graudin (The Walled City). college is rare to fnd. Truthfully, everyone has to pick Hosted by Blue Bicycle Books, tickets the factors they value most, be it diversity, an alumni’s for this celebration of books, authors, and anecdote, a small urban school setting, or a great the art of writing were in high demand. The program in their area of interest. numerous panel presentations proved to be According to SOA senior Lauren Twitty, both entertaining and informative. For die-hard swag is defnitely one of those factors. She says, the fair Cherry Hu “narrows and widens your options. You decide on the YA fans, book signings are offered throughout colleges you would really consider, and the ones that the day. Although the events vary in location, aren’t ft for you and your swag.” they always remain downtown. The setting of downtown Charleston may strike an aspiring author with inspiration as they wait in line to be admitted into the third panel presentation they have attended within a three hour period. Any fan of the young adult genre should WE’RE HERE be counting down the days until YALLFest 2015. By then, some new authors may appear Cherry Hu on the scene, but one thing is for certain: Y’all FOR THE Fest will continue to cultivate creativity and inspire love for literature among Charleston’s youth. dear Creative Writing pals. Even after a Show the Creative successful fall reading at the Mt. Pleasant Writers some love Barnes & Noble, we still aren’t in the clear. APPLAUSE ‘Tis the season for the Scholastic Art & by Suzanne Jackson Writing Awards. In addition, the seniors undergoing thesis are averaging three I am a frm believer that all of our crying sessions per week. Tears of joy or majors here at SOA should be appreciated tears of pain? We’ll never tell. equally. To give one more attention than Fellow students, I am not asking another would disrupt the balance of the for spontaneous hugs. Teachers, I’m not whole school. No special treatment, no requesting a decrease in homework... exception. End of story. unless you really want. I certainly would Proudly Supporting So please take the following not as not object. a demand, but rather a request, spoken in Just be aware that we read. We the Arts for a calm and controlled tone, one artist to watch. We write. And, if we’re lucky, we another. sleep. Grant us some emotional leniency Over 17 Years As you may know, November and until Christmas break, and maybe we won’t December are pretty tough months for your write sneaky things about you in our stories. www.CharlestonCityPaper.com November 2014 Opinion Page 5 Poll dancing and on Downs’ paradox, the paradox of I always encourage protest. But when greater than one, their vote wouldn’t voting. This is the idea that the cost of that idealism wears too thin, when the have had any signifcance anyhow. other ways to show voting will usually exceed the benefts hopeful horizon spits bitter rain, and However, the large number of voters enthusiasm for of voting. The beneft is, of course, when we are all wet and stigmatized restricted by this law might have made democracy having a ballot that affects the outcome and ignored and Congress remains a considerable difference. of the election. South Carolina is not a deadlocked, it’s easy to become another In an effort to inspire young by Dmitri Grigorieff swing state, and this theory certainly disillusioned voters, Rock the “Our generation is more apathetic applies to it. A vote for the democratic under 30 non- Vote has helmed than ever, not just in regard to On Tuesday November 4th, candidate can be futile. And a vote voter. a music video voting, but to the entire political South Carolina, along with the rest of for the republican candidate can be The and celebrity process.” our great nation, participated in the nothing more than an affrmation of young and the fueled campaign all-American tradition of Election one’s opinion. poor are mired from their voting rights called #turnoutforwhat. Millennial Day. It’s one of the few days where the However, I can’t condemn by biased laws as well. In recently heroes such as Lil John and Lena citizens of America get to strut around, voting. It’s a freedom for which many passed Texas voting laws, handgun Dunham encourage the under thirty bastions of the democratic ideals that people are still fghting, and I intend licenses are allowed as proof of identity, population to turn out to their friendly this country was founded on, worn on on exercising this freedom in the next but not college issued student IDs. In neighborhood polling booths for our lapels in the form of an “I Voted” election. Maybe it will be a futile act. North Carolina, on-campus voting sites various causes. Despite their very own sticker. Maybe I will simply be supporting are disappearing. music video, it seems as if they were Unfortunately, I was not among the lesser of two evils. Maybe the U.S. Our recently re-elected unsuccessful in inspiring fervor. those present at the polls. I registered government will remain unchanged. governor Nikki Haley recently declared, Our generation is more to vote just a day after the deadline, and Maybe I’ll be deceiving myself into “I don’t want dead people voting in the apathetic than ever, not just in instead spent the day scrolling through thinking I make a difference. state of South Carolina.” Her allegation regard to voting, but to the entire an infnitely regenerating page of LOL It has been hypothesized that nearly 1000 deceased voters political process. If we want to see Cats, just like the rest of our useless that voting is genetically linked to recently cast ballots was debunked by marriage equality, economic reform, generation (according to many exit cooperative behavior. Perhaps I’ll South Carolina’s Election Commission reproductive rights, net neutrality, polls only 12% of the “Perhaps I’ll just be just be cooperating director. stricter environmental regulations, or electorate was under cooperating with the big with the big illusion Instead, the laws are an end to police brutality, we need to 30). illusion of the American of the American discriminatory against minorities and take action, whether it is in the polls or During a Election. But what’s the Election. But what’s young people, who are less likely to on the streets. short break from the alternative? Do nothing?” the alternative? Do have an eligible ID. Luckily for them, internet, I read up nothing? in an election with a margin of victory
couple cannot receive a marriage license Charleston County councilwoman and What do you think? Same-Sex until 24 hours after their application is her fancée. These women were the frst When asked about the importance Marriages in accepted, no one in the state of South to fle for a marriage license after the of same-sex marriages, two SOA SC: Our Right Carolina has been issued a same-sex announcement that Charleston County students gave their opinions. marriage license. would begin issuing same-sex marriage to the Pursuit of Bradacs v. Haley is the licenses. “Allowing same sex marriage is Happiness case of two women married in the There are numerous groups important because it shouldn’t be in District of Columbia who fled a actively working to achieve equality: SC the hands of strangers to determine by Savanna Osborne lawsuit challenging the state statute Equality, Lambda Legal, The American what is “acceptable” when it comes and constitutional amendment. One Civil Liberties Union, Alliance for Full to love especially when there’s been In 1996, South Carolina voted woman is a state highway patrol offcer Acceptance, and Freedom to Marry. a whole documentary highlighting unanimously to defne marriage as a and the other is a disabled veteran of In 2012, it was found that a majority a long lists of politicians who have joining of one woman and one man. of South Carolina residents (54%) been the most actively opposed to Today, in 2014, there are several active “There is something that all of supported either marriage or civil same sex-marriage and then end up lawsuits pending in an attempt to us can do, whether it’s signing union for same-sex couples. According being gay themselves.” overturn Amendment 1, a constitutional petitions, voting, or simply to the 2010 census, 7,214 same-sex -Zoe Abedon, Senior Creative ban on same-sex marriage and any advocating for the freedom that couples are living in South Carolina. Writer “lawful domestic union.” we all deserve.” In short, the LGBTQIA On October 8, 2014, the frst community is making big steps toward “Same sex marriage isn’t so much same-sex marriage license application the U.S. Air Force; they are currently equality, both in South Carolina and as an important issue as a denied was accepted after a case in Virginia was raising three children together as they across the country. There is something basic right. Same sex marriages are resolved in favor of two men who fled struggle to gain acknowledgment for that all of us can do, whether it’s signing no more extreme than heterosexual the lawsuit. Just hours later, however, their marriage in the state of South petitions, voting, or simply advocating marriages and it is unjust for South Carolina Attorney General Alan Carolina. for the freedom that we all deserve. anyone to hold prejudice against Wilson requested an emergency stop On November 12, 2014, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, them. Tolerance should be more to the issuance of marriage licenses to a ruling was made in favor of the that all men are created equal, …with important in our society as we seek same- sex couples and on October 9, freedom to marry in South Carolina, certain unalienable Rights, that among equality and happiness.” the state Supreme Court agreed to halt striking down Amendment 1. This these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit -Alika Smith, Senior Band major the issuance pending the outcome of historic ruling was made for the case of Happiness.” Bradacs. Because a South Carolinian Condon v. Haley, a lawsuit fled by a Page 6 Features November 2014 Olivia Givens, Senior Dance me to take my concept so literal Upcoming Events: Dance Senior major, was generous enough to and not branch out or think out Thesis en pointe offer her insight to the Senior of the box. With this dance, I tried She Kills Monsters, by Qui Nguyen Thesis process. Below, she refects my best to step out of my comfort Sommer Grasser 12th Grade Theatre Performance on the challenges of dance and the zone and choreography a piece importance of the Senior Thesis that challenged my comfort zone. Thursday & Friday, Nov. 20th & 21st process. My respect for dance 6:30 pm in RMMT before this frst thesis has This frst thesis was a very changed tremendously. I have Poetry Out Loud Competition important learning experience for been dancing since I was three Thursday, Dec. 4th me. I have never choreographed years old. I don’t remember a 3:30 pm in Media Center a piece that was totally mine. time in my life without dance. For more information: poetryoutloud.org The music, lighting, concept and I knew just about everything choreography all me! I completely that it took to be a dancer; the Middle School Band Holiday Concert fell in love with the idea of being type of person, the devotion, the Thursday, Dec 4th a choreographer. Before this termination to become a dancer, 6:30 pm thesis, as a choreographer, I but I never understood what always found choreographing it took to see dance through a a struggle and had a hard time choreographers point of view. Winter Wonderland: A Gathering of the fnding inspiration for new Dance was always an outlet for Arts movement that would distinguish me and a way for me to express Friday, Dec. 5th my choreography different myself through movement but 6:30 pm than from others. I was always from going through the process known for using my legs a lot of choreographing and learning Bells and Whistles High School Band in my dances with very basic other people’s choreography it Concert contemporary technique.This really taught me how to respect Monday, Dec. 8th time I wanted to be different. In a choreographers movement and 6:30 pm Olivia Givens performs with classmate the past, I think teachers expected their personal dance style. Daniel George in part one of the Dance senior thesis. High School Theatre Showcase Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 8th & 9th to create one dynamic sound that demonstrated their 4:00pm Vocal Fall Concert a Sold ability to harmonize. Out Show Coming alive with more upbeat and modern Holiday Spectacular songs, “Yesterday” and a medley of popular songs High School Symphony Orchestra & Vocal by Sarah McCord from the band Fun, the department showed off the Concert skills of individuals through solos performed by Thursday & Friday, Dec. 11th & 12th SOA’s vocal department continues to impress Shayd Williams, Jane Hilton, Sarah Sylvester, 6:30pm with their most recent show, combining the melodies Kimberly Lowman, Emily Lanter, Jalaya Tickets of the middle and high school choruses. The night Soloman, Cameron Frye, and the incorporation of Adults: $10 started with traditional songs, such as “Let Everything beatboxing by Malachi Cleveland. that Hath Breath” and “SicutCervus” and then moved For a Halloween touch, middle school Students/Seniors/Groups: $5 into a demonstration of each class’ skills. performed “Monster Mash” with solo by Zach The middle school amazed with such developed Shirley, complete with costumes, makeup, fake blood, Sounds of the Season talent and an unexpected volume of young voices. Each and choreographed dancing. High school followed Middle School String Orchestra and Vocal class sang a song they had been working on this year with “Thriller,” solo by Shelby Levine, and dancing Concert and performed with enthusiasm as their passion flled mimicking that of the “Thriller” music video. Another Monday & Tuesday, Dec. 15th & 16th the auditorium. Halloween classic, “Time Warp,” was a show in itself, 6:30pm Displaying how a typical All-State quintet acted out by soloists Devon Nalley, Aly Wintz, Nick Tickets: $5/person sounds, Jack Martini, Chase Goodwin, Maddy Shaarda, and Mia Pernice. Parnall, Georgia Hunt, and Kelsey Costa sang Because of the support for the vocal “Honor and Glory,” effortlessly blending their voices department by both students and families, an incredible turnout flled up the auditorium, Interested leaving standing room only. This fall in
Sarah McCord showcase highlighted advertising individuals as well as the department’s with Applause? capabilities as a whole, proving once Contact suzanne@ again the depth of soa-applause.com for talent of our vocal majors. prices, sizing, and more Under the direction of Ms. Hammond, the middle school and high school Vocal majors perform information. in their most recent concert. November 2014 Features Page 7
SOA spooks Tom Steenhuysen Middle School Piano Majors swing to success with annual with the Spook n’ Blues Festival haunted house by Jakob Lazzaro The middle school Piano majors became swinging jazz artists at the annual Spook n’ Blues by Tommy Nauman festival.With catering provided by Home Team BBQ, students and spectators enjoyed a night of music and costumes on the weekend before Halloween. The Piano Booster Club and Piano With spooks and horrors to department raised over $2,000 through the raffe and admission to go towards student trips spare, the SOA haunted house and other activities. Congratulations! returned to SOA on October 25. From 6 to 9 pm, many Jakob Lazzaro Jakob Lazzaro participants were sent running out of the theater while others walked out with a laugh. None on classic horror movies. were sent home unsatisfed. Characters featured included After going through the Freddy, Jason, and plenty haunted house once, the tickets of zombies. While walking were discounted. This allowed through the haunted house, for more affordable fun with participants were flled with friends and family. both nostalgia and fear. In the The haunted house was words of attendee, “If that had set up for free by Innovative happened in real life, I would Event Services. Besides the have died.” The haunted house 8th graders Samantha Clarke, Rachel eight Innovative Event Services Smith, and Emily Turner pose in costume crew members, the rest of the was not only an exciting event that left students exhilarated, stage hands and actors were Jakob Lazzaro SOA students. but also raised money for the The theme for this Theatre Departement. year’s haunted house centered MEME CONTEST WINNER Judges: Nikita Narodnitskiy, Noah Jordan, and Dmitri Grigorieff
Thank you Zoe Abedon for providing us Guest vocalist Jenna Brinson jams with Ms. with the best meme we Benson on the piano, Mr. Clarke on the have ever seen. It features drums, and 8th grader Madi Adams on the bass, while 8th grader Steven Schlosser 6th grader Sam Hagen shows off his knight her adorable dog, Buddha. improvises on the organ. outft during the costume contest. We believe it captures his personality quite well. Zoe will be awarded with our respect and admiration.
Nick Scapellato
Last issue, we used the wrong picture for 6th grade Creative Writer Charlie Hastings’ poem, Wave. We’re sorry, Charlie! Page 8 News November 2014 RG: I actually just went SOA graduate now a Creative Writing back through my high school mentor, successful Young Adult novelist folders, since I’m now an offcial senior thesis mentor by Noah Jordan and I wanted to jog my own memories of my student Ryan Graudin graduated from SOA’s Creative Writing department in 2005. experience. As a writer you’re She has published two books: The Walled City (Little, Brown) and All That always growing and becoming Glows (HarperTeen). She is due to publish a sequel to All That Glows in 2015,All better, so when you look back That Burns. She was a featured writer at YALLFest this year. You can stay up at old writing it’s easy to be to date with her latest projects on Twitter (@ryangraudin) and through her horrifed! But all writing is website ryangraudin.com. part of the journey, and I’m proud of what I accomplished Noah Jordan: In addition to the two books you’ve published, and at such a young age! the one you’re about to publish, do you have any other manuscripts NJ: You are known for writing young adult novels, how did your you’re preparing? experience as a teenager affect your voice as a writer now? Ryan Graudin: I have two more books under contract with Little Brown. It’s RG: Teenagers feel things very deeply, which is part of what makes writing young an alternate history duology, and the frst book is due out Fall 2015. (I can’t say adult so very moving. I can still remember the highs and lows of high school— too much more about it yet!) frst loves, heartbreak, the strength of friendships—and try to implement these NJ: To what extent (if any) did you write before you came to SOA? things in my writing. RG: I came to SOA pretty late in the game. My frst year was as a junior! I was What part of your life inspires you most frequently? Defnitely traveling. My homeschooled before that and actually wrote a good deal then. It was great husband and I love experiencing new places. We’ve lived in South Korea and because I had a fexible schedule that allowed me to write a lot. traveled all over the world together. So far none of my published books takes NJ: How has your relationship with teachers at SOA affected your place in the US, and I’m quite alright with that. professional life? NJ: Have you ever thought about the possibility movies in the future? RG: I was always very eager to hear what my creative writing teachers had to say It’s becoming a reality for a lot of writers in your genre. about my assignments and craft. Mrs. Miles and Mrs. Wentworth were my two RG: THE WALLED CITY was just optioned for flm, which is basically just a main writing teachers, and both were great about being encouraging but also fancy way of saying that people have bought the rights to think about making a constructive in their criticism. Their feedback laid the foundations for my later movie. Hollywood is a very slow and complicated business, and there are a lot relationships with editors (who are also encouraging, but will tear a manuscript of book that are optioned for flm that never make it to the big screen. But it is to shreds to make it better!). I’m still in touch with both Mrs. Miles and Mrs. exciting to have that possibility open up, and I do hope that one day something Wentworth, who have both continued to show immense support in my journey comes of it. THE WALLED CITY in particular is a very visually driven book and as a writer! I think it would make and amazing flm. NJ: How do you feel now about the things you wrote while in high school?
largely autobiographical, as her own daughter of knowledge and wisdom to students, teachers, New York Times best- struggles with a severe drug addiction similar to fans, and aspiring writers alike. We hope to see her selling author Ellen that of the protagonist. Since Crank, Hopkins has once again next year as she promotes her newest published many more books, including Burned book, Rumble. Hopkins visits SOA (2006), Impulse (2007), and Tricks (2009). by Suzanne Jackson Some critics (and parents) believe that her topics are too mature for a young adult audience. “Every experience in your life, good On Friday, November 7, students from all Because of this feedback, Hopkins believes that she is or bad, will deepen your writing.” grades gathered in the Academic Magnet lecture “one of the most challenged authors in the country.” hall to listen as author Ellen Hopkins told of her She went on to state “I don’t write sparkly vampires,” Hopkins then reminded the audience that being struggles, victories, and goals in both her personal Suzanne Jackson life and her writing career. Her presentation, titled young is more diffcult than Glimpses of my Life, consisted mainly of pictures of “I don’t one may remember. One her family and was projected above the stage as she write sparkly often faces many choices that spoke. vampires.” can lead to either positive or Ellen Hopkins grew up in Palm Springs, detrimental outcomes. Her CA. From an early age, she had a love for books, outlook on the earliest stages of adult life translates supporting her later theory that “early avid readers into the no-nonsense style of her books. become writers.” Her frst poem was published Hopkins’ brutal honesty is far from severe, when she was only nine years old. Seeing her work however. A charismatic speaker, she sent her in print, she says, motivated her to work harder and audience into fts of laughter as she cracked joke try to publish all that she could. Later, she followed after joke throughout her presentation. “I’m very in her father’s footsteps and became a successful suspicious of any state that has no mountains,” she entrepreneur before selling her business to pursue remarked after commenting on the general fatness freelance journalism. Once the spark of her love of of South Carolina compared to her home state, writing caught on, her whole life was consumed by Nevada. her true passion. The Bonds-Wilson campus was fortunate to have the opportunity to host Ellen Hopkins the Ellen Hopkins offered a free book signing after her talk in Her frst novel, Crank, was published about the Academic Magnet lecture hall. ten years ago. Hopkins admits that this novel is Friday before YALLFest. She imparted a great deal November 2014 News Page 9 it near impossible to stand straight or even lift day. All’s fair in love and fairs an arm-quite a rush except after the second time Having gone since I was three, the fair has by Sarah McCord immediately following, when exiting the ride down become a tradition. The contrast of the magic of the stairs becomes a challenge. something so amusing and the semi-permanence of Greasy food produced in trailers and rides For those who don’t enjoy the rush, the it all has always intrigued me, and I look forward to that will make you feel like your soul has escaped Ferris Wheels are always fun unless you also don’t it every year with the same enthusiasm that I had your body. What is the appeal of this tradition we enjoy being suspended in a shifty capsule more than when I frst went. all partake in? The annual Coastal Carolina Fair a hundred feet above ground. The larger of the two returned for its 58th year in Ladson and was not shy wheels does offer a great view of the park, especially of great expectations. at night, when all the lights of the rides illuminate Begun by the Exchange Club, the fair has the dark. become a community-oriented activity that raises One of the distinctive qualities of the fair is money for scholarships and charities, including the food. If you’ve never had fair food, you’re only Darkness to Light, the Ronald McDonald House, missing out on any and everything fried: Oreos, American Red Cross, and the American Cancer funnel cakes, pickles, ice cream, Twinkies, Snickers, Society. The Coastal Carolina Fair has given fruit, chicken, even Kool-Aid. Rationalizing that back to the community more than $6 million for the fair only comes once a year somehow makes it organizations since its beginning in 1957. reasonable to digest plain grease covered up with The rides at the fair are certainly not roller the taste of everyday snacks. How it tastes so good is coasters, so they make for good beginner rides, still a mystery to me. as they are not built to be permanent-if not going Being that the fair is in Ladson and it is a upside down on a ride because the nails and bolts South Carolina community event, the fashion is can’t support that is your thing, then the fair is for diverse, to say the least. Ranging from the “American you. Dream” families dressed in their Polos and ironed A personal favorite ride is The Gravitron, khakis to the people rocking the dressing-like-a- in which you lean against slanted mats and spin hobo-to-stay-warm-when-it’s-not-even-that-cold at a rate that could be a contributing factor to loss look to those groups with matching camo jackets as of brain cells. This ride requires no safety, such as if they are on a feld trip and cannot lose each other, seat belts or bars, because the ride spins so quickly the style of fair goers is an eye-opening experience that gravity pulls you against the mats and makes to the assortment of people that surround us every Sarah Vane
“We work hard!” Page 10 Features November 2014
SAFARI DAY Spirit Carly Edwards Gabby Dizon Taylor Dahl
Caroline Zetrouer, Jenna Farnham, Carly Edwards, Georgia Hunt, Abbi Floyd, and Chloe Hogan show that hunters and the hunted can be friends. 8th grade Creative Writers show off their spirit in jungle-ready outfts.
Gabe French and Gabby Dizon pose as the perfect safari couple. CHARACTER Provided DAY Nick Scapalleto Graham Crolley
Sarah Courville used Character Day Award for most excellent costumes goes to as a chance to be Mr. Taylor’s twin. Suzanne Jackson and Taylor Dahl for Daniel George and Georgia Hunt their righteous Bill and Ted attire. dressed as Daphne and Fred November 2014 Features Page 11 Week THROWBACK THURSDAY Carlie Smith
SUPERHEROS VS. ALIENS DAY Provided
8th grade girls Preya Simmons, Sarah R., Gray Forsberg, Elizabeth Covington, Naomi Marchant, Jenna Flaherty, Carlie Smith, Maura Welchm, and Isabel Hubbard clearly favor superheros
8th grade Carlie Smith and her friend embody Grease and the 60’s for their throwback.
SPOOKY DAY McKenna Andrews
Seniors Hanna Demos, McKenna Andrews, and Dalton Edens show senior spirit in these heroic costumes
Megan Hoffman, Emily Baxley, Ava Hoffman, and Devan Nalley are spooky in these costumes. Page 12 Features November 2014 my sisters and I fnished writing a for a semester, I realized how much I classes, what would you think of Where Were They story, we’d act it out on the screened adored working with students. As the her? Then: Beth Webb porch for our babysitters. I suppose if oldest of three girls, I suppose I had BWH: What a fantastic question. I it weren’t for an excessive amount of been an unoffcial teacher a lot of my sure hope I would be as gracious to the Hart boredom and free time, I never would life. My sisters still call me “the boss” high school version of myself as my have started writing. because I am constantly instructing teachers were to me. At frst glance, Ms. Hart was one of GC: What is one memory that them…. Hopefully, I’ve put that I must have seemed disinterested and SOA’s frst Creative stands out to you the most from annoying trait to a more constructive relatively clueless. However, both my Writing teachers your childhood? use in the classroom. It is a privilege high school English teachers and my in the 1990s. After BWH: Hurricane David hit the South to be a part of the writing community Creative Writing teachers challenged working as writer- Carolina coast where I was living just at SOA. Watching a young author fnd me and held me accountable. If it in-residence at three days after my youngest sister and cultivate their voice is a joy and an wasn’t for their gentle prodding and Ashley Hall and publishing six novels, was born. It was 1979, and I had just honor. timely encouragement, I probably she returned to SOA last year. She and turned eight. I can remember helping GC: You taught Creative Writing wouldn’t be a writer or teacher. I hope her husband Edward Hart, have two my mother pack up the car with our with Mrs. Miles when the school I see the potential in every student. children, Edward and Frances. Her most beloved possessions (some frst opened. What led you to this, That’s certainly the kind of teacher I latest novel is titled Moon Over Edisto. photo albums, a few favorite books, and what was it like? want to be. Applause editor Graham Crolley got the silver chest and our new winter BWH: When I graduated from my the chance to ask her a few questions. coats.) We headed to Cheraw, South MFA program, I moved from New Carolina where my grandmother lived York to Charleston because my fancé Graham Crolley: Tell me about in an old home near the center of was a professor at the college. SOA your childhood. town. It was a strange feeling to pack had just opened its doors, and while Beth Webb Hart: I grew up at up all that a trunk could hold of your there were no jobs available, I sent a North Litchfeld Beach, an obscure life’s belongings along with a fragile letter of introduction along with my nook on the South Carolina coast. newborn baby, a grumpy middle sister resume in hopes that there might Very few people lived at the beach and a worried mother. I can remember eventually be an opportunity to teach year-round so I had just a handful our beach home growing smaller and creative writing. Mrs. Miles called me of friends. My parents ran a seafood smaller in the rear view mirror as we days after I mailed my resume, and restaurant in Murrell’s Inlet where drove away. I thought it might not within a few weeks, Ms. Myers hired they worked most nights, and so my be standing when we returned three me to be the second ever member of two younger sisters and I had to create days later so I whispered a good-bye. the creative writing faculty. I learned a way to entertain ourselves. In order Thankfully, it survived the storm. so much working with Mrs. Miles. Her to quell the boredom, we made up GC: Did you know when you love for the students and the program story after story with long, winding were younger that you wanted to was contagious. I left SOA when I and outlandish plots, and I became write/teach writing? started my family and committed to aware (at age seven or so) that once BWH: After studying fction writing a large novel writing contract, but I Provided a character is up and walking in your in high school, I knew I wanted to missed being a part of the school and mind, they really take on a life of their write. In graduate school, I was able always hoped I’d have the chance to own. As Faulkner once said, “All I have to get a tuition break by teaching return. to do is catch up with them and write Ms. Hart, age 6, on Litchfeld Beach, a freshman level creative writing GC: If you had a high school SC. down what they say and do.” After workshop. After leading the course version of yourself in one of your
is that feeling like? PE teacher proves superb athleticism in BJ: After the 2 mile, I was by myself and could see the next two runners at a few Greenville Marathon points in the middle going through Furman and at the halfway mark. I had a pretty good lead with 7 miles to go and was feeling ok so I thought that as long as Nick Scapellato interviewed HS Physical Education teacher Mr. Brian I did not “bonk” that I would hold on to win. Johnson, who won the Greenville Marathon this month. More than 2000 With 2 miles to go, I looked back and knew people participated in the race, running through tunnels of deciduous trees on that I would be able to hold on. the Swamp Rabbit Trail through the Furman campus. It was a good week for NS: How long has it taken you to Mr. Johnson, whose cross country team, AMHS, won the state championship. recover? BJ: I took a full week off of running and Nick Scapellato: What are some of the key components in your have started to ease my way back into training? running with some shorter (2-5 mile) runs. Brian Johnson: The key component to marathon training is getting in a regular I feel pretty good and my legs are feeling long run. My long run was 20 miles which I did fve in the 3 months leading up to ready to start training again. the marathon. Some were at an easy pace and some had some “race pace” miles NS: Advice for any kids looking to in the middle. The long runs and some shorter speed work were mixed in with improve as long distance runners? my regular daily runs which were usually 4-10 miles at an easy pace. I averaged BJ: Start easy and make it fun. Most 50-70 miles a week for this training cycle. running should be at a comfortable pace. NS: Considering the distance you covered in such a short time, how It does not need to be hard. I try to convey did you feel during the race? this to my PE students. You should fnish a BJ: I felt generally good throughout until the last 5 miles. The weather was run feeling like you worked but are perfect and my body felt good. The last 5 miles I tightened up some and not exhausted. After your body adapts, slowed down 20-30 seocnds per mile but overall I felt good for a marathon. gradually increase the distance and pace. Mr. Johnson and his kids, Peyton NS: At what point did you feel as if you would win the race and what Also, join the SOA running club! and Dylan, after the marathon. November 2014 News Page 13 Morning, Captain” which was featured in the Album Review: Slint - Larry Clark flm Kids has been hailed by critics as Sass Attack: Drama Llamas Self Titled EP being just as much of an incredible poem as it is an incredible song. by Aly Wintz This album is flled with soaring guitars by Noah Jordan Oh you darling over dramatic teenager. Yes, and tense drums; aesthetically the music is I am looking at you. Why for the love of all that that Slint is a well known post-rock band from impulsive, which increases its visceral impact, is “hipster” at SOA do you have to dwell on drama? Kentucky; they were active from 1989 to 1994. but the true heart of this music is in the realm of Why do the petty things that won’t matter in a month This fnal release in 1994–the Self Titled EP–was technicality. Every note is delivered with purpose. matter to you now? Why are you fghting with someone, released by Touch & Go Records after the band’s Every smashing of the drums is calculated and entrancing those in what is most defnitely the end of the breakup. carries the lurching rhythms into many crescendos, world, and then resolving everything by sleeping on it? In this 13 minute long release, the band each more effective than the last. I’m not talking about the cliché matters that we presents two incredibly complex songs, both This is surely a masterpiece, a wonderful all see in High School Musical. Oh no, SOA, that died equally packed with raw emotion and deep way for the band to end its carrier. The last with our eighth grade year. I’m talking about the mind- seconds of the album are rattling, hormone pumping issues that in the heat of the thought. This style of music was unique in its moment make you so angry you could punch someone in time, a combination of the intensity of hardcore flled with the desolate the face no matter the consequences. It’s those instances punk and the epic structure of some classical buzzing of feedback, that you look back on with dire embarrassment at how compositions. and as this sound dies much you over reacted. In the present day, the genre of post-rock the listener is reminded What causes this overreaction in you? That’s has grown immensely. There are many bands who that feeling emotionless simple. What happens every time your parents tell you are inspired by the music that Slint created. can sometimes be one of that you did something wrong? A defense mechanism Slint is typically pretty focused on lyricism the most intense human arises and you insist you’re right even if you don’t have in their music, for instance the song “Good experiences. a frm foundation to support that. This crosses over into your work and school life, producing the thought that no matter the question, your answer is correct. Your friend could be telling you the sky is blue and you would argue Jump, Jive, and Wail celebrates spirit of SOA back that it is green until either one of you cracks or you escalate into a larger fght that has nothing to do with the original topic. by Taylor Dahl It’s ridiculous, it’s immature, and it’s downright senseless. What’s even worse is that this defense mechanism is not going to leave you- ever. That’s why Jump, Jive, and Wail can be most simply described as SOA’s homecoming, replacing football adults get into fghts over the stupidest things. THAT with a live jazz band. But, to the students and faculty it’s a bit more than that. We may not be cheering on is why we see headlines in Charleston like, “Woman our team on a brightly lit feld, but instead, high schoolers come together at the Charleston Bus Shed to Accused of Stabbing Beerless Man With Ceramic try their hand at swing dancing or to just enjoy the food and company. On Saturday the 18th of October, Squirrel.” This amount of defensiveness is what will cause you to get into the poorest, thoughtless situations. the music could be heard from down the block: loud saxophones, trumpets, drums, a melodic voice. My point is that right now your drama is Students and family were roaming the street, waiting for admission to our annual event, a few had even meaningless and you can get away with that. When started tapping their feet along to the music. At seven, everyone entered the shed to see strings of lights, you get older, the only thing that changes is that the the Jazz Band sitting on a stage, spotlights swirling around them, neatly set tables, a long buffet of food, detention suddenly turns into an assault charge. Learn and, the newest addition to the event, a photo booth. that you aren’t perfect; learn that you are not Greek God and that it is okay for you to back off and say, “Okay, As always, the music was loud and on point. People were not hesitant to move onto the dance you’re right, I’m sorry.” Even if you think you are right, foor almost as soon as they arrived. With music like that, who wouldn’t? Friends were grabbing each this isn’t a bad way to go- and as for the Drama Llama in other’s arms and dancing together. People were lined up in the back, ready to fll their plates before your life? Wait ten-ffteen years and I guarantee they’ll joining in on the swing dancing. be in a similar position as the ceramic squirrel lady. The night got later and the lights got brighter, the music continued to blast. The last set the band played was “kickin’”. The entire ensemble changed and put on their most tacky/ridiculous costumes they could fnd. Who knew a tiger could play bass. By eleven o’clock the crowd had barely thinned but there were plenty of people still ready to hear the fnal song. The music dimmed out and the jazz band took a bow, Jump Jive and Wail had ended for the year 2014. People fled out the Bus Shed, shoes in hands, jackets on, eagerly anticipating next year. Carly Edwards Carly Edwards
Juniors Noah Rigsby and Megan Romagnuolo show off their swing dancing moves.
The SOA Jazz Band put on a wonderful performance. Page 14 Features November 2014 Point/CounterPoint This issue, your favorite Applause staff members, Nikita Nardnitskiy and Graham Crolley, tackle the argument staples vs paperclips. Whoever wins this round will go against Noah Jordan. Nikita: Staples Graham: Paperclips It’s sad for me to think that I am developing as an To strive against imperfection is to strive against individual in a society that fears permanence. It cripples human nature itself. Imperfection is not defned by fear of me to imagine that our civilization has sunk down to the failure— it is what proves we are alive. The paperclip is an point where error is something that we expect of ourselves. example of how we embrace who we are, not an invention I implore you, the reader, to revisit US Patent No. 195,603, that suggests that our society is afraid of anything set in the document stamping a government grant on the stapler. stone. The patent in which Henry Heyl declares our confdence as I am a frm believer that the most pure form of beauty a nation with a clean staple at the top of his request. The stems from the simplest things. A paperclip is naturally thin strip of metal folded elegantly through the page and beautiful in this way, simply a wire bent into a shape so towards its center represents much more than a fnished it may be utilized, every day, by people all over the world. report, it represents our assurance that we have completed What a paperclip lacks in so-called permanence referred to something and we have completed it well. in my colleague Nikita’s point, it makes up for in common Lets looks past the heightened esteem that a sense. In order to rearrange one’s papers, it takes but a stapler grants us with every staple and simply acknowledge simple extension of the wrist to pull off the paperclip, so the pure satisfaction that comes from the act. Close unlike the jarring tear that is required when staples are your eyes and be drawn into a white room. You are alone at a desk, in front of used. It is the difference between smooth, organized papers and torn, forlorn you, a black stapler and a still printer-warm copy of US Patent No. 195,603. sheets. It is a simple stapler, a Stanley ® Bostitch B2200 Contemporary Stapler. You I do applaud my classmate Mr. Nikita for the research he completed position the sheets over the anvil and slowly begin to press the head towards on his topic. However, I discovered some research of my own that proved quite the paper. The magazine, containing a clean slide full of staples, makes contact interesting. It is true that staples are US Patent No. 195,603, but paperclips, and begins retreating into the head. You’re almost there. What follows is the my friends, are US Patent No. 64,088, preceding the invention of staples by an greatest moment an offce supply operator can achieve, the resistance. That fnal entire decade. This is only further proof that paperclips are the most natural second where you push a little harder and feel the metal strips giving into the form of paper fastener we can use. force of your hand. You hear the click and it echoes, ricocheting off the walls and I will rest my case thusly: this debate is not a matter of confdence or exploding in your eyes in a thunderous ovation of unity. This is the American lack thereof. It is, in its heart, the quest for premium organization, and we can Dream. determine this by analyzing which tool does its job best. As an individual, you reserve the right to be fearful of imperfection. After It’s up to you, readers. Either let Nikita instill subliminal messages of all, as the old cliché goes, nobody’s perfect. But that is why we’ve got to work it pseudo-permanence and assumptions of fear into your brains or accept the again and again till we get it right. And when it is fnally right, nothing is more societal evidence that paperclips are superior. rewarding than binding your confdence at in top left corner with a lustrous, confdent, staple.
painfully awkward and tubby friend Vern. Stand by Me: a must- The movie does an excellent job of Here’s the breakdown: watch for all youth helping each character through their own personal Pros: great characters, impeccable casting, ftting confict whether it’s Chris struggling through soundtrack, good balance between seriousness and planning on getting older being stereotyped as a hoodlum due to his family’s humor reputation, Teddy dealing with an abusive father, Cons: mildly predictable, two very similar crying by Graham Crolley or Gordie coping with the recent death of his older scenes brother. There are also plenty of thrills, involving I highly recommend this movie for anyone who is Like other coming of age movies from the such matters as junkyard dogs, railroad bridges, and curious about different views on growing up and ‘80s (think The Goonies or The Breakfast Club), leeches. really for anyone who has the time, the Netfix there is something both heart-warming and boldly Further confict is introduced when a gang of account, and an ability to enjoy fantastic flms. honest about Rob Reiner’s 1986 flm Stand By Me. older kids, around 17 or 18, play the role of the bullies in the movie, and try to get to the missing body frst The cult classic is based off of Stephen King’s novella The Kobal Collection The Body, and recounts an adventure four boys have so that they will be seen as heroes. The viewer feels in their fctional hometown of Castle Rock, Oregon. a sort of allegiance to the younger gang even more When the gang of 12-year-olds catches wind that a now, as they are the passionate underdogs. local child has gone missing and is presumably dead, Though it is formulaic in plot-line and development, they set out to fnd the body. the movie excels due to its memorable scenes, Probably what makes this movie so blisteringly human characters, and nostalgic tone. memorable is the group dynamic of the main When watching the movie, you are reminded of characters. Gordie, the main character is the shy childhood, of when you frst caught a glimpse into and quiet protagonist, who is closest to Chris, the how wide the world actually stretches. You’ll fnd group leader, both charismatic and protective of his yourself reminded of the time you and your friends friends, not to mention main provider of the gang set off on an adventure to fnd a dead body before with Winstons stolen from his father’s dresser. There realizing later that it never happened to you. That is is the every-angry and war-crazed Teddy, and the the mark of a truly good flm. November 2014 Opinion Page 15 his AP classes there during the frst month of no major issues. SOA’s students should not Have we forgotten the school, hopes that more people will make use of be afraid to eat lunch and frolic out into the Pegasus Garden? the garden during the spring. “It’s easy to forget open plaza on a bright sunny day.Encouraging that this beautiful garden is out there. I intend students to use the Pegasus Garden at lunch by Jakob Lazzaro to use the garden more in the spring.” would help many feel like it is a usable addition “We did use the garden during the to the campus. The Pegasus Garden, crowd funded spring arts showcase for the outside musical on Kickstarter by many current and former events” said Admissions Secretary Sylvia Suzanne Jackson students and staff, is a welcome addition to Edwards. “Besides that, I haven’t had anyone the campus. Originally conceived as a solution ask to use it. It defnitely has been advertised. drainage problem between the high school I think it needs to be made more aware as a and administration buildings, the Pegasus venue for scheduling events. It’s a great little Garden has blossomed into a beautiful space venue and we will use it again for the next for students to enjoy the outdoors. But many spring showcase.” students passing by the gardenduring the day Ever since the beginning of the year have noticed something strange; it is usually students have forsaken the dark interior of empty! the cafeteria for the sun speckled courtyard, “I paid 75 dollars for a brick that I in such droves that every table and bench wasn’t able to see during school hours for three from the cafeteria doors to the high school months” said Junior Theatre major Emily building is occupied, with more sun hungry Kucklick. “I don’t feel like the money was used students spilling out onto the concrete while to the best of its ability. There are no picnic the deliciously empty garden beckons beyond tables in it, for example. The patio is such a the fence. Why not utilize this fantastic space good space for outdoor classes, but teachers for extra lunchtime seating? never utilize it.” As many students crave relief The seniors manage to have grub on from stifing classroom interiors, the empty the green monthly in the Pegasus Garden with garden beckons. Dr. Cusatis, who brought Page 16 Student Artwork November 2014
Jackie Berry, 12th grade Visual Arts
Chloe Hogan, 10th grade Visual Arts Piper Schaberg, 12th grade Visual Arts
Dalton Edens, 12th grade Visual Arts
Halle Garret, 9th grade Visual Arts
Jacqueline Pretorius, 9th grade Visual Arts
Hannah Demos, 12th grade Visual Arts
Gabrielle Hilario, 12th grade Visual Arts Olivia Dipalo, 12th grade Visual Arts November 2014 Novelties Page 17 Horoscopes
Scorpio Leo Use today to turn on your infnite charm, Scorpio. Make the most of your comforts You’ll fnd a substantial amount of luck coming your way very soon, while remaining within the lines. Try your hardest to respect authority and Leo. Your inner child will delight in the fun that awaits, but keep tabs hold back your anger on those who disrespect you. The accomplishment of this on what you do to avoid the messy aftermath. If a persistent problem challenge will reward you, potentially monetarily. causes you stress, relax and anticipate the coming improvements.
Virgo Sagittarius Don’t let your nighttime adventures interfere with the business that Your determination is increasing, but be careful that it doesn’t develop into must occur in the morning. Organize your productivity by working on desperation and neediness. Instead, let it turn into inspiration and cooperation. one large thing or several smaller things and enjoy the payoff. Things This will come in handy with matters of the heart. Put your power to good use. are falling into place without you agonizing over little details, especially in your home life.
Capricorn Libra You have the opportunity to put yourself in any position you wish, though you Do not concern yourself with others’ jealousy or envy. Do not provoke might choose to remain behind the scenes. The days ahead may be exhausting them and appreciate what you have. Try to focus on what is important and contrary, but you will be able to hold it together and interact nicely without to you and opportunities for friends old and new will come rushing. faking it.
Aquarius Stay cool and social as time fies by. It may be a good idea for you to keep a journal so you don’t lose track of any upcoming events or special occasions. Remind yourself of what you are thankful for, and remember that people are grateful for you as well.
Pisces Keep your creativity fowing through any roadblocks that lie ahead. Someone or something wishes to prevent you from continuing down the path that you’re on, possibly out of fear or envy. Do not forget who is in control— you and no one else.
Aries You may fnd that your dreams will come back to haunt you, Aries. Be careful not to submit to their possessive powers. They appear to be vivid and seductive at the moment, but be wary of the outcome you fear.
Taurus Positive news is coming your way. It will become easier for you to forge ahead without any delays or interruptions. Long- term bonds will strengthen, and you will fnd joy in developing relationships.
Gemini Use your imagination to visualize your success and create a fresh idea of what you hope to achieve regarding your job, relationships, and/or lifestyle. Listen to your intuition and search your dreams to get ahead. Take a chance on a bold opportunity.
Cancer Take some time to focus yourself on radiating love and comfort, especially in professional environments. This calm attitude and energy will prevent any upsetting events to bother you long term. Remind yourself that you don’t have to hold a grudge and remember to take care of yourself. Page 18 Puzzles November 2014 The Monthly Sudoku Crossword
Help Ms. Hart fnd the cranberry sauce for her
Thanksgiving turkey! Applause 8. slimshady, 4. cranberry, 3. thanks, 2. stuffng, 1. Down:
5. Fun, 6. Thanksgiving, 7. ideas, 10. casserole, 11. yes, 12. one 12. yes, 11. casserole, 10. ideas, 7. Thanksgiving, 6. Fun, 5. Across: November 2014 Features Page 19 Paint the Town Red & Gold The Trivia Challenge by Jakob Lazzaro Nov. 11- January 1: Holiday Festival of Lights A great display of holiday cheer that is fun Applause decided to see how well you remember US History with America-themed trivia! for all ages. Returning emperor Chase Godwin is battling Jack Martini in this patriotic contest.
Every Friday and Saturday, Nov-Dec: Questions: Evenings in the Market 1. Which state was the frst to be admitted to the union? Local artists, vendors, and designers 2. How many time zones does America have? display their products for the public from 3. Who is third in the line of presidential succession after the Vice President? 6:30 to 10:30. 4. Name the president with the longest term in offce. 5. What is the tallest building in the United States? Friday, Nov 21: Flogging Molly w/The 6. What year was the US Constitution ratifed? Mighty Stef and The Pasadena Band 7. True or False. The US population is greater than 300 million people. @ The Music Farm 8. Who wroteThe Star-Spangled Banner, and in what year? Head on out to the Music Farm at 8 pm to 9. How many times has the constitution been amended? jam to some Irish folk punk! 10. Name the largest, smallest, most populous and least populous US states. Competitor 1: Competitor 2: Friday, Nov 21: James Taylor and Chase Godwin Jack Martini His All-Star Band @ The North 1. Virginia. 1. Virginia. Charleston Coliseum 2. Four. 2. Six. See fve-time Grammy winner and 3. Treasurer? Is that even a 3. Speaker of the House. member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame thing? 4. Franklin Delano James Taylor play at 8 pm. 4. Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt. 5. Is it the Sears Building? 5. Chrysler Building. Because its not the Empire 6. Ms. Hamilton would Saturday, Nov 22: Charleston Jazz State Building. be so mad… 1789. Orchestra presents Holiday Swing @ 6. 1776. 7. True. Charleston Music Hall 7. True. 8. Francis Scott Key in Listen to professional jazz in a well- 8.
1.75/10 Answers Get motivated this Thanksgiving, and give Wyoming. California,
it all you’ve got for this 37th annual run Island, Rhode Alaska, 10. 27; 9. 1814; in did Key Scott Francis 8. True; 7. 1789; 6. Center; Trade World One 5. Roosevelt; and 5K. Delano Franklin 4. House; the of Speaker 3. Hawaiian); and Alaskan, Pacifc, Mountain, Central, (Eastern, Six 2. Delaware; 1.
And the winner is... JACK MARTINI Well, it was almost no contest this time. Jack swooped in wrapped in an American flag on a Bald Eagle to knock Chase off of the throne of trivia emperor, calming the title for himself. Jack will be returning next month to play again. Last Issue’s Answers Are you interested in competing for the 1. John Lasseter, Steve Jobs, and Edwinn title of Trivia Emperor in The Trivia Catmull. Challenge? The winner will receive 2. True. 3. Luxo Jr. a $15 Barnes & Noble gift card and 4. Ellie. eternal glory. If you are interested in 5. False, they have won 27. competing talk to Dr. Cusatis in room 6. Toy Story(1995). 7. Bruce, Anchor, and Chum. 1115 during High School lunch or email 8. Sunnyside. [email protected] with the 9. Cars 2. subject line “Trivia.” 10. The Adventures of André and Wally B. Page 20 Question of the Month November 2014 Nikita Narodnitskiy Nikita Narodnitskiy Nick Scapellato Nikita Narodnitskiy
“The media, specifcally Fox “Not being the richest guy in the “Annoying family members “Wrinkle cream because it News because of the bias.” world because I can’t live in a because they take all the food.” doesn’t work.” John White, 7th Grade Vocal mansion.” Malachi Jones, 8th Grade Ms. Fitz, Media Tech/ Mounir Mora-kpai, 6th grade Creative Writing Guitar Teacher Theatre Nick Scapellato
Nikita Narodnitskiy “What are you least thankful for?”
By Dmitri Grigorieff and “Suzanne Jackson.” Nikita Narodnitskiy Taylor Kahn-Perry and Bailey Abedon, 8th Grade Creative “Eggplant because it tastes really Writing bad.” Charles McGuin, 6th grade Band Nikita Narodnitskiy Nikita Narodnitskiy Nikita Narodnitskiy Nikita Narodnitskiy
“The death of Native “Jarby Brown.” “Not Jarby Brown.” Americans.” RJ Hample, 12th Grade Band “People who hate Harry Lucinda Siegler, 7th Grade Gavin Quinton, 12th Grade Potter.” Creative Writing Theatre Luke Shaw, 7th Grade Theatre